Mark Oppenheimer, the “Beliefs” columnist for the NYT, had a big cover story in yesterday’s magazine that approvingly discussess the views of sex columnist Dan Savage re the propriety of consensual adultery. Here is the link . For those interested in my views, over at Secondhand Smoke , I explain that such articles tear at social norms that help people resist the temptation to stray and promote hedonism.
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